Even Our Youngest Learners Can Utilize Ed Tech

DoE compiles new report on using tech with young learners

Technology that aids in strengthening critical thinking and creativity skills, such as designing something new, is considered superior to passive use, such as watching video or playing simple games. In one cited example, preschoolers created an app that served as a blueprint on building a new habitat for their class pets, guinea pigs.

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Engaging Young Learners Through Technology

Don’t underestimate the power of what even very young students can do when armed with the right technology and the freedom to explore. That’s the message from the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services in a new policy brief. Are you creating the right environment, and providing the right tech tools, for your young learners?

Even in an environment where commercial technology has increasingly been shown to meet the needs of many schools and school systems, sometimes homegrown is better, as this South Mountain Community College discovered.